Marquis Who's Who Millennium Magazine

227 A Marquis Who's Who Magazine A s a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Ray Edward Kidder has utilized his expertise and years of professional experience to explore and identify the principles that govern the structure and behavior of matter, including the interaction between energy and matter. Dr. Kidder was inspired by his father, Harry Kidder, who was in charge of the IRT electric power plant in New York City, to pursue a career in science. Before beginning his career, he served with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. Upon his return, he focused on his education, earning a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in mathematics from Ohio State University in 1947 and 1948, respectively. After careful consideration, he changed his focus, earning a PhD in physics from the same institution in 1950. He then began working shortly thereafter as a physicist, conducting research for the California Research Corporation in La Habra from 1950 to 1956. After leaving that company, he took on a similar position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, focusing on computer modeling and weapons design without actual ignition of a thermonuclear device until his retirement in 2014. Throughout his career, Dr. Kidder has conducted research on the physics of nuclear weapons, inertial confinement fusion, megagauss magnetic fields, laser isotope enrichment, and the containment of low-yield nuclear explosions. The highlight of his career was receiving the Leo Szilard Award jointly with Roy Woodruff. With the knowledge and experience he has gained from his professional background, he has been able to share his expertise as a book contributor. His innovative work in the field earned him the Humboldt Award from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation in 1988. Additionally, he has been featured in numerous versions of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in the West and Who’s Who in the World. Ray Edward Kidder, PhD Consultant, Physicist (Retired) Pleasanton, CA